"Of all heavy bodies, the heaviest is the woman we have ceased to love."

"Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it."

"Let youth dance: tempests of the heart arise after the repose of the limbs."

"Nature, when she amused herself by giving stiff manners to old maids, put virtue in a very bad light. A woman must ha…"

"Love, which is such a little thing, is still the most serious thing in life."